Residents sound off over festival noise

The Central Goldfields Shire has fielded a number of complaints about noise from a music festival at Carisbrook at the long weekend.

The Maitreya Festival attracted 3,000 people to a racetrack at the town.

Mayor Paula Nixon says it is hoped the festival organisers will choose a more remote venue next year.

She says residents from as far away as Maryborough complained about loud music from the event.

"The residents themselves that lived in Carisbrook and quite an area away from Carisbrook, even right into Maryborough, did feel that the noise, particularly on the Saturday night, because it went all night, was a bit much to deal with," she said.

"They'll [the organisers] be working on their planning permit for next time and they're looking to ... go to a venue that from an emergency services, and all those sorts of things, point of view, is suitable in regards to roads in and out but also that is more remote."

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